The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames)

[Wang Mandu]

Don't start over. Use lean to scope out enemies, use your abilities, and stick to roofs and pipes. Once you unlock more powers stealthing your way through an area should get easier. Also, there are multiple endings and the world changes (Chaos level) depending on how much you kill or don't kill, like more rats if you kill a lot. My first playthrough I'm trying to ghost / non-lethal each area but if I have to kill I kill.

[Wang Mandu]

Don't worry about it. They've definitely designed a lot of cool powers and weapons to dispose of enemies. Would be a shame to not kill at least a few.

Plus, that drop down stab move is .

[DR. THRAXX]

http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/communit ... able-early

[spacehamster]

http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/communit ... able-early

I was playing with someone who had a Mechromancer yesterday. Pretty fun class, but it also seemed a bit overpowered. Can't see myself getting around to checking it out anytime soon, I'm still neck-deep in my first playthrough.

[copstache]

I'm only level 12 with my Gaige and its hilariously overpowered and this is coming from a guy who's admitted dropping games to easy on a routine basis

That said her skills are easily the most fun In the entire game. The anarchy meta-game is incredibly clever and fun. I had 200 stacks and screamed in agony when I went to pick up a quest item, missed, and reloaded losing all of them

[Cryptoplasty]

Mechromancer rules, and definatly worth the extra bucks if you didn't do the pre-order. She does seem OP, but it could also be the badass points I've accumulated. Going tondo the ordered chaos tree and see how that goes.

[Wang Mandu]

@ some people finishing Dishonored in 7 hours or less. I finally finished the first assassination mission and my total playtime is almost 6 hours. I take things slower than the average person but if you're just plowing through the game on easy, you lose all rights to complain about its length. That feeling of, "Oh, I could have gone in that way, too?" is . I feel like a cheesy evil villain rubbing his hands when I summon the rats and want to yell out, "Swarm my children, swarm!" Barring any disastrous endings or something horrible appearing in the later parts of the game, this will probably dethrone Sleeping Dogs as my GOTY. Great art, great level and world design, and such great gameplay.

Don't read this Pisscubes: The art and texture style reminds me so much of Rage....like an animated watercolor painting.

[Comrade Slinky]

attempting a no kills, no alarms, no powers playthrough. First mission was north of six hours. Blinking into an apartment and reading the journal of a mother watching her family all die was a definite highlight.

[The Bill]

I didn't realize that the XCOM game was also available on the 360. So, based on the praise I'm hearing I decided to read a review. Hell, why not have One Hundred and One games I need to play instead of just a even centennial?.... no good. It's turn based. Those two words are the death kiss for a game to me. I still can't fathom why you dudes want to play a game that essential is about action, yet takes away the action controls from you. Sure sure, strategy, rock-paper-scissors, it's like D&D... I get all those reasons, but I just don't find it fun in the slightest.

Still haven't gotten to play Dishonored

[Friendly Goatus]

I didn't realize that the XCOM game was also available on the 360. So, based on the praise I'm hearing I decided to read a review. Hell, why not have One Hundred and One games I need to play instead of just a even centennial?.... no good. It's turn based. Those two words are the death kiss for a game to me. I still can't fathom why you dudes want to play a game that essential is about action, yet takes away the action controls from you. Sure sure, strategy, rock-paper-scissors, it's like D&D... I get all those reasons, but I just don't find it fun in the slightest.

Still haven't gotten to play Dishonored

It's like chess with aliens and explosions. That certainly appeals to me but I understand why some wouldn't be into it.

[The Bill]

I didn't realize that the XCOM game was also available on the 360. So, based on the praise I'm hearing I decided to read a review. Hell, why not have One Hundred and One games I need to play instead of just a even centennial?.... no good. It's turn based. Those two words are the death kiss for a game to me. I still can't fathom why you dudes want to play a game that essential is about action, yet takes away the action controls from you. Sure sure, strategy, rock-paper-scissors, it's like D&D... I get all those reasons, but I just don't find it fun in the slightest.

Still haven't gotten to play Dishonored

It's like chess with aliens and explosions. That certainly appeals to me but I understand why some wouldn't be into it.

Yeah, but you can have chess like the strategy and still keep the action real-time:

[milkmandan]

Anyone else playing Planetside 2 beta? It's pretty fun.

[spacehamster]

I didn't realize that the XCOM game was also available on the 360. So, based on the praise I'm hearing I decided to read a review. Hell, why not have One Hundred and One games I need to play instead of just a even centennial?.... no good. It's turn based.

I'll actually take turn based over RTS, but that's mostly just because I suck so bad at RTS that it's not even funny. I honestly would prefer the combat in Dragon Age if it were turn based, for example.

[Wang Mandu]

Dishonored: Use the heart around npcs.

[The Bill]

I didn't realize that the XCOM game was also available on the 360. So, based on the praise I'm hearing I decided to read a review. Hell, why not have One Hundred and One games I need to play instead of just a even centennial?.... no good. It's turn based.

I'll actually take turn based over RTS, but that's mostly just because I suck so bad at RTS that it's not even funny. I honestly would prefer the combat in WaterBuffalo Age if it were turn based, for example.

Lord, games like Warcraft and Command & Conquer are a chaotic frantic cluster-fuck when I play them. Yet, I way prefer it. I don't know, if I'm going to play this start and stop dice rolling nonsense, I'd rather just play a card game or real life session of D&D, not that I play those either.

[spacehamster]

I don't know, if I'm going to play this start and stop dice rolling nonsense, I'd rather just play a card game or real life session of D&D, not that I play those either.

Well yeah, that too. It's not like I've played a turn-based game since... Shining in the Darkness? I just can't keep up with RTS combat, and in RPGs, the whole thing where it's ultimately still a die roll just drives me insane. Either give me action combat where I can see what's happening and feel like I'm actually controlling it, or do away with it completely. But you're right, then you might as well do it properly and play with people and real dice.

[james]

It's all about aligning and arranging things to give yourself the 'best bet'. It's a different sort of strategy. I do love them both so much. It's been so long since I played an RTS that wasn't made in the 90s... is Starcraft 2 what I should snag?

[fallbacktostone]

Anyone else playing Planetside 2 beta? It's pretty fun.

i wish. that shit looks so great. i've been watching a lot of footage on youtube though.

[copstache]

turn based superiority. RTS are for spastic asians

[right over there]

yep, turn based for life.

[Wang Mandu]

Project Eternity's first screenshot. 4 days to go.

[james]

turn based superiority. RTS are for spastic asians

the irony is that besides x-com I pretty much have only ever played Japanese turn-based games?!!

I wonder what I'm missing

are any of those squad based tom clancy type games any good?

[right over there]

short answer is not really, but check out rogue spear - it is fun in a realistic, frustrating kind of way.

[milkmandan]

Project Eternity's first screenshot. 4 days to go.

What is this

[Wang Mandu]

What is this

Old school, Baldur's Gate/Icewind Dale/Planescape: Torment style Kickstarter rpg from Obsidian.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obs ... y?ref=live